“The fun writing in Not Enough For Queen Fluff, combined with the gorgeously detailed illustrations by Catalina Echeverri, make this a real jewel of a picture book, to be read many times over. Be sure to look out for the cheeky frog on the final spread — it always makes us smile!”

You know, I hadn’t actually spotted the frog yet! That’s the fun of Catalina Echeverri‘s illustrations, always something new to see on every reading.

The rhyming text from Rachel Lyon rolls off the tongue, and is filled with so many funnies there will be sure to be plenty of giggles! (“There were toads on the table and fleas at my feet and for dinner they offered me bug broth to eat!”) The rhyme is mixed with incredibly hilarious illustrations from Catalina Echeverri, One of Dolly’s favorite parts, both read and drawn is, of course, the rat wearing only his underpants (so, for the record, pandering to the audience really worked! haha!) This book is sure to be a real crowd-pleaser in your burrow too!

“This new rhyming extravaganza, brought to life by Catalina Echeverri’s gloriously detailed and characterful illustrations, sees the born ‘poetess’ on top form […] Lyon works her trademark magic in a story bursting with rhyme, some sound common sense and plenty of giggles as the bunnies fill their burrows with nasty nettles, prickly thistles, stinging bees and wriggly worms to deter their fanciful queen from staying the night.”

“Alice Hemming, who is passionate about picture books, plays a winning card in this gentle but fun story with a surprise twist in the tail, while illustrator. Kimberley Scott turns the menagerie of animals into quirky, lovable little characters. Perfect bedtime reading…”

Our early reader gift set is currently ranked number 4 for books for five years on Toppsta! The five book set has received some brilliant reviews as well and has five stars! Here are some of the reviews:

“The perfect starter books for a child who is learning to read. I’ve read these with my nephew and he really enjoyed them and gave him confidence with reading.”

“What a brilliant set of books to help learning to read. All great stories with exciting characters and good storylines.”

“This is absolutely brilliant set of books for a child who is learning to read! […] The stories are just enough simple and short not to overload and make it into a task, illustrations are colourful and funny and the stories itself are a great read.”

“I found that my 4 year old loved the pictures in each book, and my 6 year old could easily read the books to herself. Each book has a little quiz at the end that was fun to do together too.”

“Wow what a great set of books my girls loved all of these especially the 4 little pigs,my 5 year old reads them on her own and my 3 year old loves to have them read to her.”

“So what could the picture book, written by Rachel Lyon, have in common with a French queen? Well Queen Fluff is just the grandest of bunnies, she has it all […] Her subjects are poverty-stricken and can barely feed themselves, let alone provide a banquet fit for a queen.

So they devise a plan which will see Queen Fluff hopping back to her palace of a burrow in no time. She needs to be taught a lesson. I won’t spoil the story by telling you exactly what they did, but it did make Queen Fluff see the errors of her ways. She certainly didn’t lose her head over it, but learnt a few valuable lessons.”

What a glorious sight to be seen in the window of Waterstones Warrington….Queen Fluff would thoroughly approve! All in preparation for Rachel Lyon’s event on the 3rd July (have a look on our calendar page for more details).

Rachel is very proactive in her local area and does lots of events with her three Maverick books, The Cautionary Tale of the Childe of Hale, I Wish I’d Been Born a Unicorn and her newly published, Not Enough for Queen Fluff.

Not Enough for Queen Fluff is sitting in pride of place in the window of Waterstone’s Liverool One.

For more info on some of Rachel’s upcoming events, visit our calendar page.

“Stories told in rhyme always get a particularly enthusiastic response from the Madhouse kids for reading at bedtime and Pierre has also enjoyed reading this one aloud by himself, with the rhymes helping him to sound out unfamilair words. The highly detailed illustrations also help to really bring the story to life.”

Laura, who blogs at The Butterfly Mother has written a lovely review for our new set of Maverick early readers. She called them, “a wonderful addition to any classroom as their humorous content will really engage the children.” And she had lots of lovely things to say about each of the stories as well!

Grumpy King Colin

“A fabulous message to any unruly toddler or preschooler in my opinion! Caterpillar really finds King Colin’s antics funny and we’ve had a good laugh with this one.”

“Firstly, that winning isn’t everything and secondly, that having friends who appreciate you is much more important than being the best at something. These are great lessons for children, especially those who have just entered the school environment where they are becoming aware of being compared to other children for perhaps the first time.”

“Two extremely popular topics for children’s books – pirates and construction – are combined here in a really unique and fun way. And again, another fab message about how children don’t want to be pigeon-holed.”

“I seem to have come across a lot of books lately which are a modern twist on a classic fairy tales but this is one of my favourites. Plus there are a couple of great twists that give the traditional content a really fresh look.”

Pam, who writes for the Lancashire Evening Post, has written a great review for the our latest Early Reader, which “has proved so popular with teachers, librarians and – most important of all – young readers.”

“Alice Hemming, who is passionate about picture books, provides the ‘aah’ factor in this appealing and heart-warming story while illustrator Kimberley Scott turns the menagerie of animals into quirky, lovable little characters.”

“Alex English serves up a real treasure trove of treats in this fun-packed story which follows Brad on his voyage of discovery through the high seas, and Duncan Beedie’s lively, detailed illustrations, including the motley crew of dastardly pirates, are a delight.”

“This charming, addictive adventure, full of quirky characters and lively illustrations, conveys subtle messages about standing up to bullies, having faith in your own abilities and learning that a problem shared is a problem halved.”

“This funny, cautionary tale from author Phil Allcock will be a favourite with every mischievous child, and the unique illustrative style of Steve Stone, who excels in bold pictures full of expression and humour, has a special appeal for young children..